Comments

Comment by Bleach

These mobs can only be encountered during the quest By the Light of the Stars. Once you pick up the seventh Suspended Starlight, they phase away.

It should be noted that they have very little hp compared to other mobs of this level, yet they still have normal loot tables*. These may be the best source of Embersilk Cloth in the game. However, Blizzard may change this, since they don't like it when players that keep a quest in their log have a distinct advantage over players who have already completed the quest.

*I doubt their cloth drop chance is %50, though. It was closer to %15 for me. I cleared the room multiple times, until a blue BoE dropped.

Comment by molinator11

Currently immune to all AOE attacks.

Comment by ez100

Were being farmed for embersilk cloth.

Bliz made them immune to aoe and lowered drop rates.

*sad face* D:

Comment by TheRealAlas

Can't be frozen, so kinda frustrating for frost mages. They run fast too and can interrupt so take care when aggroing bit too many....

Comment by Xyrec

A rogue's worst enemy, you can't even get away from them when you use Vanish... Sigh.

Comment by 236yfpjkjhd

Excellent targets for grinding Embersilk Cloth on. Very low health for their level, they're neutral as long as you don't provoke them, high spawnrate and fair droprate on the cloth, at least if you're a tailor and get the extra cloth drop bonus. Just avoid the skeletons scattered about the place (unless you feel like killing those also of course.)

Unfortunately these guys are phased, so once you collect 7 of those starlight drops you need for the quest you'll never be able to harvest these guys again. Stay at 6 and grind for as long as you can stomach, then pick the 7th and go on with your life... :)

Comment by Zorvius

They are just some annoying mobs. End of story.

Comment by sterfried

I'm surprised no one has mentioned how easy these are to farm Tiny Treasure Chest. Since they are "neutral", not hostile, on my 84 rogue I'm able to stealth open on them and destroy them in about 5 seconds without taking much damage. They drop cloth, money, greys and the occasional Tiny Treasure Chest.

Comment by Sagira

Also the only mobs I know of nice enough to greet you when you try to stab them.

Comment by Borelia

And to top it all off, these guys are somehow *not* undead. They're humanoid.

You'd think with the clear ghost effect they'd be susceptible to pally crits, but noooooo.

Comment by cyberdreck

I was able to farm alot of cloth with my tailor, I don't know about other toons. I may not turn this in right away, if I don't find somewhere else to farm stacks of embersilk.I did manage in one week of farming to make about 60 bolts.It appears the drop rate isn't as steady, i was averaging 1 per 2 kills on my tailor or there might have been a nerf done.

Comment by marionette77

This is an excellent embersilk farming spot for a tailor. They have low hp, respawn very quickly and drop a fair amount of cloth. One trip around the room gave me 3 stacks and I didn't even kill every mob in sight. Since they're only visible to those with the quest, nearly all of the time I have the room completely to myself. The only irritation is avoiding the skeletons on the floor. They will still pop up and attack and they drop nothing, not even coins.

I never finished the quest and have kept it in my log just to have access to these guys. The drop rate is not as spectacular as it was when I was here at level 82 but I have kept the quest since these mobs are not aggressive, I seem to have almost exclusivity to the spot and these things die very easily. All of these things seem to combat the slightly lower drop rate that I'm experiencing at level 85.

Now I'll just sit back and wait for some sort of nerf in the future.

Edit: I recently switched from frost to fire and found this spot more difficult due to the knockdown these mobs use. I also revisited this spot with my shaman that is not a tailor, and the cloth drop rate was horrible.

Comment by Edeta

They might not have alot of HP, but they hit like a truck :x

Comment by Kiputytto

I was pleasantly surpriesd at the drop rate of Embersilk Cloth. Anywhere from 1-4 cloth at a time. They are an easy kill as well, at least for my shadow priest. I cast two Mind Spike and then my instant cast Mind Blast and their dead. I don't think I'll be finishing this quest anytime soon.

Comment by adeball

These ones have 3 abilities when you mind controll them. Most notable is the Roundhouse kick.